The Ladybug
Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in
recent children's picture books. A committee of children's librarians from
around New Hampshire selects 10 picture book titles early in the year. Then, during
Children's Book Week in November, New Hampshire children from preschoolers to those
in third grade vote to select the award winner. The award is a project of the
Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library.

This engaging, eye-opening
window into history is perfect for budding historians and nature enthusiasts
alike, and the time-lapse quality of the detail-packed illustrations will
draw readers in as they pore over each spread to spot the changes that come
with each new era.

Blizzardby John Rocco

Blizzard is based on
John Rocco's childhood experience during the now infamous Blizzard of 1978,
which brought fifty-three inches of snow to his town in Rhode Island and
allowed him to become a hero!

The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt

When Duncan arrives at school
one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons,
complaining about how he uses them.

Flight Schoolby
Lita Judge

Little Penguin, who has the
"soul of an eagle," enrolls in flight school. He is determined to fly
in this inspiring picture book from the creator of Red Hat and Red
Sled.

The Invisible BoybyTrudy Ludwig

Brian has always felt invisible
at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything changes.

Mama Built a Little Nest
by
Jennifer Ward

Illustrations and
simple, rhyming text introduce different kinds of birds' nests, from the
scrapes falcons build on high, craggy ledges to the underground nests
burrowing owls dig. Includes brief facts about each kind of bird.

Maple
byLori Nichols

When Maple is tiny, her parents
plant a maple tree in her honor. She and her tree grow up together, and even
though a tree doesn’t always make an ideal playmate, it doesn’t mind when
Maple is in the mood to be loud—which is often. Then Maple becomes a big
sister, and finds that babies have their loud days, too. Fortunately, Maple
and her beloved tree know just what the baby needs.

Sleepover with Beatrice &
Bearby
Monica Carnessi

This delightful story of an
irrepressible bunny will engage readers on many levels as it celebrates
creativity, making the best of circumstances, and the joy of the changing
seasons.

This
Orq (He Cave Boy)
by David Elliott

Orq the cave boy loves Woma
the woolly mammoth. But Mom says Woma shed; Woma smell; Woma not
house-trained. Is there any way Orq can convince his mother that Woma
belongs with them?

Three Bears in a Boat
by
David Soman

Three bear siblings break their
mother’s favorite blue seashell, and rather than tell her, they decide to
set out in their sailboat to find her a new one. On their quest they
encounter salty sailors, strange new islands, huge whales, and vast seas but
no blue seashells.